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2023 Best Value Health/Medical Prep Programs Schools in Alaska

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

1 College
$8,750 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$71,329 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Health/Medical Prep Programs School for You

In 2020-2021, health/medical prep programs students earned 109 degrees and certificates from an Alaska school, making the subject the 2nd in the state.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which healthcare program is right for you. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Healthcare Degree Search has developed this Best Value Health/Medical Prep Programs Schools in Alaska ranking.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

The following school tops our list of the Best Value Health/Medical Prep Programs Colleges.

Best Health/Medical Prep Programs School

$8,750 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named University of Alaska Anchorage the best value school in Alaska for health/medical prep programs students. Located in the city of Anchorage, UAA is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at UAA are $8,750 a year. On average, medical prep graduates from UAA take out $22,687 in student loans while working on their degree.

UAA did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our Best Health/Medical Prep Programs Schools in Alaska list.

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Best Value Health/Medical Prep Programs Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Best Value Health/Medical Prep Programs Schools in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Oregon 161
California 563
Washington 144
Nevada 11
Hawaii 0

One of 30 majors within the healthcare area of study, health/medical prep programs has other similar majors worth exploring.

Medical Prep Concentrations

Major Annual Graduates
Other Health/Medical Preparatory Programs 4,010
Pre-Nursing Studies 2,489
Pre-Medicine/Pre-Medical Studies 2,010
Pre-Physical Therapy Studies 257
Pre-Pharmacy Studies 167
Pre-Occupational Therapy Studies 108
Pre-Dentistry Studies 85
Pre-Physician Assistant 76
Pre-Art Therapy 4
Pre-Optometry Studies 3
Pre-Chiropractic Studies 1

Related Major Annual Graduates
Nursing 322,592
Health & Medical Administrative Services 89,359
Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services 84,492
Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants 84,274
Allied Health Professions 82,308

Notes and References

*These values are for the top school only.

  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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